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report on poland's embrace of fracking, despite concerns from some residents about land rights and the environment. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by b.p. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program wamade possible by e corporation for pubc broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: israel today played down a weekend of air strikes that hit syria. the syrians, in turn, threatened to strike back, but there were no signs of new hostilities in the offing. on syrian state television today, images of the smoldering remains of a military complex near damascus. it was hit early sunday by air strikes attributed to the israeli military, the second in three days. israel did not officially claim responsibility, but senior officials there said the targets were advanced iranian missiles being shift to hezbollah militants in lebanon. israeli leaders warne
report on poland's embrace of fracking, despite concerns from some residents about land rights and the environment. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by b.p. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program wamade possible by e corporation for pubc broadcasting. and by...
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, what matters is the worker at the production facility be able to work in a safe, healthy, ethical environment. our work focuses on the factory level. our trainings, our certification, our entire organization is geared towards working for the workers and making sure the standards at the production facility are where they needhe to be. >> reporter: how has that supply chain been for people who tonight want ton the convenience use of the opaque nature of these relationships? >> indeed. part of the pmpt outsourcing of brands from retailers is distance themselves from the conditions in which their clothing is made. they get incredibly cheap prices, incredibly fast delivery. factories striving to meet the demands by igging north the right of workers,and cutting corners on safety. when the inevitable disasters the retailers throw up their hands and say my lord! i can't believe that was happening in these facilities. it's the brands and the retailers who have the most poor of power in the system. if they want to ensure their factories are safe they have the power to ensure their factories are safe. >
, what matters is the worker at the production facility be able to work in a safe, healthy, ethical environment. our work focuses on the factory level. our trainings, our certification, our entire organization is geared towards working for the workers and making sure the standards at the production facility are where they needhe to be. >> reporter: how has that supply chain been for people who tonight want ton the convenience use of the opaque nature of these relationships? >>...
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consumers large and small rely on back up generators, at huge cost to both the environment and economy says energy expert kirit parikh. he traces the problem to policies that never really took into account the cost of power and gave it away to some consumers >> we started out with saying farmers should get cheap and free electricity. this was 30 years ago when we wanted farmers to really adopt more modern technologies, it was considered a good way to promote green revolution. >> reporter: power was distributed cheaply or free to farmers and other groups who's votes politicians courted. little effort was made to meter it. that prompted many people to hook themselves up, illegally. parikh says a third of all power is stolen off the grid. >> of the generated electricity is not charged to anyone. >> reporter: with little new money coming in, public utilities haven't been able to expand capacity or to buy enough fuel like coal or natural gas-- both in short supply anyway. power must be rationed but some regions overdraw their allotment. that can cause the system to shut down, or as it did l
consumers large and small rely on back up generators, at huge cost to both the environment and economy says energy expert kirit parikh. he traces the problem to policies that never really took into account the cost of power and gave it away to some consumers >> we started out with saying farmers should get cheap and free electricity. this was 30 years ago when we wanted farmers to really adopt more modern technologies, it was considered a good way to promote green revolution. >>...
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it's not an environment so different that all of these things are going to happen. and an assault weapons ban is sill a heavy lift. remember, the assault weapons ban we had had a lot of loopholes in it. but the other elements, it's just a different world. and i think national rifle association is no longer supreme in the same way and many of their own members i think are going to start to feel differently. when you get a joe manchin of west virginia coming out and saying "i hunt, i don't need more than three bullets in a magazine" and you get other long-standing strong proponents of the second amendment saying it's time for some changes, we're moving into a different world. >> brown: dad kopel, do you thinthe pliti have changed here or do you expect -- well, there certainly will be challenges legislatively. will there also be challenges legally? >> there will certainly be legal challenges because one important thing -- the way things have changechanged is we now have the supreme court having affirmed that the second amendment is an individual right and the core of t
it's not an environment so different that all of these things are going to happen. and an assault weapons ban is sill a heavy lift. remember, the assault weapons ban we had had a lot of loopholes in it. but the other elements, it's just a different world. and i think national rifle association is no longer supreme in the same way and many of their own members i think are going to start to feel differently. when you get a joe manchin of west virginia coming out and saying "i hunt, i don't...
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. >> reporter: creating this safe environment is the responsibility of the prisoners who understand that the program belongs to them. >> my name is robin, and i'm a peacemaker... >> reporter: fellow inmates, like robin guillen, who are graduates of the program, guide the weekly sessions. >> there's a part we explore here and discuss about ourselves on why we acted violently. >> reporter: guillen has served 40 years in prison-- 20 of them here at san quentin-- for a murder he committed at age 17. after witnessing a stabbing outside his cell, he made a decision to turn his life around beginning with facing his painful past. >> can you go back to the first time you witnessed trauma or pain in your life... >> my father and cousin were in a fight in the living room and my father stabbed my cousin many times. and i was sitting there crying, blood curdling cries out of sheer fear and terror. that was my first experience of original pain. >> reporter: to help the new class of prisoners understand how pain and suffering from their past can trigger violent behavior, robin prompted others to share
. >> reporter: creating this safe environment is the responsibility of the prisoners who understand that the program belongs to them. >> my name is robin, and i'm a peacemaker... >> reporter: fellow inmates, like robin guillen, who are graduates of the program, guide the weekly sessions. >> there's a part we explore here and discuss about ourselves on why we acted violently. >> reporter: guillen has served 40 years in prison-- 20 of them here at san quentin-- for a...
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green cities that will attract people who are looking for healthy, attract tive environments and obviously safe cities. if the city isn't safe, as we found out in new york, went through a very difficult time in the 1980s. today we're proud to be the safest big city in america. perhaps the world. that has a lot to do with what brings people here, what supports talent. >> brown: bruce katz, you wanted to jump in? >> i would just say we need to redefine tallen. we look at the stem economy, science, technology, engineering, math. about a fifth of the american economy. a good portion of these jobs can actually be filled by people with high school-plus. right? remember shop, remember trade, remember voc-ed? we have to bring that back to the united states and have the special high schools and also community colleges customized. >> brown: when you think about americans, we still love our cars. >> absolutely. brown: many people still seem very willing to live far away from where they work or where they play. do you see the character of american cities changing fundamentally? >> this is changing. be
green cities that will attract people who are looking for healthy, attract tive environments and obviously safe cities. if the city isn't safe, as we found out in new york, went through a very difficult time in the 1980s. today we're proud to be the safest big city in america. perhaps the world. that has a lot to do with what brings people here, what supports talent. >> brown: bruce katz, you wanted to jump in? >> i would just say we need to redefine tallen. we look at the stem...
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danger, government allows internet forums to go unchecked and were carried out in a largely un-regulated environment. the latest stories come at a time when foreign adoption has decreased in the u.s. as many countries have limited or restricted their policies. meghan twohey spent 18 months working on the investigation for reuters. and adam pertman is executive director of the evan b. donaldson adoption institute, a national non profit that focuses on adoption research and policy. meghan twohey, some background first so we understand this. why are parents giving up their adopted children? and how are they doing it? >> well, that's a good question. i spoke to many adoptive parents for this 18-month project who had gone on the internet and solicited new families for their unwanted adopted children, and the reasons that they turned to this largely underground network were three-fold. one, they had that they didn't feel like they had received proper training going into their adoptions. two, they didn't feel like the issues that--- the children they adopted came to them with measure and behavioral program
danger, government allows internet forums to go unchecked and were carried out in a largely un-regulated environment. the latest stories come at a time when foreign adoption has decreased in the u.s. as many countries have limited or restricted their policies. meghan twohey spent 18 months working on the investigation for reuters. and adam pertman is executive director of the evan b. donaldson adoption institute, a national non profit that focuses on adoption research and policy. meghan twohey,...